Posted 2 years ago on May 11, 2012, 10:02 a.m. EST by bklynsboy
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After 11 years and trillions of dollars that enrich the 1%, we still can't get it right. These refugee camps are around the capital of Kabul. Over 28 children younger than 5 died from exposure. But the US is diligent in paying off Karzai, propping up his government with billions of US taxpayer dollars a year and keeping his drug kingpin brother safe.

It shows the absolute hopelessness and ignoring facts from the top down on why this will never succeed and blow back in our faces. Yet Panetta and the rest continue this tragedy, all to MIC lobbyists and war profits.

I read about this. It's as bad as the human loss in Sudan and many other parts of the world.

But don't be forgetting the hundreds of thousands of Americans living rough in the streets, scrounging for food.

Charity starts at home.

If a country can afford to send thousands of troops to other countries fighting for "the flag" rather than for "freedom", why is there no public outcry about all the people "back home" that have no roof over their heads?

Or is this the twisted way that the 1% guarantees there will be enough cannon fodder signing up to go to war for them?

Absolutely! Take care of our own first. Wash. State can't afford whooping cough treatments. Calif is cutting services because it has multi billion debts. Cities are shutting street lights bec. they can't afford the electric bill. We have a higher mortality rate and shorter life span than half the world. America crumbles as we build more jets, carriers, bombs and subs. endless war for profits for the 1%.

Most Americans won't bat an eye over this, they care about having Starbucks and access to hot coffee on every corner. The lamestream media won't even inform the public of these things. My local news channel reports the latest American Idol results, the daily weather, and whatever event they can find to sensationalize for ratings.

At first I didn't want to accept your first sentence. But yeah, you're right. As long as it's happening to 'Muslims' on the other side of the world, most people really aren't going to care. But in the U.S. as soon as a brother gets killed for walking down the street and eating some skittles, that's all we seem to care about for the next three months.

That's cold-blooded, man. Don't demean the victim because the media is using the incident as a smoke screen to keep our focus off larger issues. Not only is it common practice in an election year, it's pretty much standard operating procedure for the MSM.

What sucks the most about it, and most of these comments reflect this, is how selective the media is, based on which way they want to sway public opinion, not only in what they report but in how they report it. Using an up-to-date photo of Zimmerman and an old photo of Trayvon is a prime example. They'll exploit tragedies especially, since they get most people's immediate attention.

Another tragedy is the burn pits US soldiers use to get rid of waste. Open air buning spewing carcinogens and nervous system destroyers breathed by all including natives and Americans. Many extremely sick, and in US military hospitals. This poison also goes in the food and ground water. Hi infant death rates there.